Israel-Gaza war live updates: Gaza hospitals ‘must be protected,’ Biden says, as fighting engulfs civilian areas

President Biden said that Gaza’s hospitals “must be protected,” as the enclave’s two largest hospitals — al-Shifa and al-Quds — remain surrounded by fierce fighting. Only one northern Gaza hospital is able to take new patients, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. Civilian buildings appear to be increasingly at the center of Israel’s military operation; Israel claims that Hamas fighters are operating out of facilities designated for humanitarian purposes, while doctors, first responders and the few aid workers still left in the area deny giving cover to militants. In the south, the sole power generator at al-Amal Hospital has also stopped working, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.